Housing Equality & Policy
All Policy & Current Issues
May 16, 2025
Buyer’s agents earned an average of 2.4% in commission in the first quarter. That’s up slightly from when the new NAR rules took effect in August, but down slightly from a year earlier. Broken down by price, the average buyer’s agent commission for $1 million-plus homes was 2.17%—down from 2.22% the quarter the new rules […]
April 17, 2025
Nearly one in four U.S. residents are canceling plans to make a major purchase, such as buying a home or car, because of President Trump’s tariff policies, according to a Redfin survey. 55% of respondents are less likely to make a major purchase this year, including 39% who are “much less likely.” More than a […]
April 9, 2025
The total value of homes in majority-white neighborhoods grew 5.4% year over year in 2024 to $40.4 trillion. It grew nearly as fast in majority-Black neighborhoods, rising 5.3%. Home values also grew in majority-Asian neighborhoods, but at a slightly slower pace; the total value of homes in majority-Hispanic neighborhoods grew the slowest, rising 4.2% to […]
February 24, 2025
Condo prices are up 5% year over year in inland Florida, but down a respective 5% and 3% on Florida’s Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast. Inland Florida tends to have newer condos, which haven’t yet had to comply with new rules that have driven up HOA fees elsewhere in the state. It also has less […]
January 29, 2025
UPDATE (13:00 EST Wednesday): The White House issued a new memo on Wednesday, rescinding its Monday order. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the latest memo was not a rescission of the government spending freeze, just a rescission of the Monday memo. “The Executive Orders issued by the President on funding reviews remain in full force […]
